Samuel San José

Samuel
Personal information
Full name	Samuel San José Fernández
Date of birth	1 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Santander, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Escobedo
Youth career
	Rayo Cantabria
	Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2006	Racing B
2005–2008	Racing Santander
2006–2007	→ Sporting Gijón (loan)
2008	→ Las Palmas (loan)
2008–2011	Las Palmas
2011–2014	Ponferradina
2014–2015	Racing Santander
2015–2016	Atlético San Luis
2016–2017	Llagostera
2017–2020	Formentera
2020–	Escobedo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 January 2021

Samuel San José Fernández (born 1 March 1984), known simply as Samuel or Samu for short, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UM Escobedo as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Santander, Cantabria, Samu was a product of hometown Racing de Santander's youth system. He first appeared for its main squad on 11 September 2005, in a 0–1 home loss against Cádiz CF.^[1] He finished the season with seven appearances (all but one were complete matches) and four yellow cards, as the Cantabria side finished 17th in La Liga and narrowly avoided relegation.

After having served one season-long loan stint with Sporting de Gijón in the second division, Samu returned to Racing but, midway through the 2007–08 campaign, would be loaned again, alongside teammate Christian Fernández, to second-level strugglers UD Las Palmas. Both would be instrumental in helping the Canarians retain their league status.

Subsequently, Christian returned to Santander but Samu stayed, signing for three years with the option for a further one.^[2] He appeared in an average of 23 games in the following three division two seasons, with the club always managing to stay afloat.

References

^ El cántabro Sesma da la victoria al Cádiz en Santander (Cantabria's Sesma gives win to Cádiz in Santander); Mundo Deportivo, 12 September 2005 (in Spanish)
^ Samuel vuelve a Las Palmas para quedarse tres años (Samuel returns to Las Palmas to stay three years); Marca, 10 July 2008 (in Spanish)

External links

Samuel at BDFutbol
Samuel at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
Samuel at Soccerway

[1] El cántabro Sesma da la victoria al Cádiz en Santander (Cantabria's Sesma gives win to Cádiz in Santander); Mundo Deportivo, 12 September 2005 (in Spanish)

[2] Samuel vuelve a Las Palmas para quedarse tres años (Samuel returns to Las Palmas to stay three years); Marca, 10 July 2008 (in Spanish)

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